Best Free Photo and Image Editor

GIMPHOTO is FREE OPEN SOURCE

GIMPHOTO is STABLE and SOLID

GIMPHOTO is PHOTO EDITOR

Gimphoto is application software for photo and image editor.
Gimphoto is based on Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program).
Gimphoto is released under GPL.

Gimphoto is a GIMP modification with new menu, additional plugins and resources to bring the best GIMP experience to Photoshop users.

Why was this program created?Many GIMP users have discussed how GIMP must be improve in many areas before it can be used as free Photoshop alternative (even with earlier versions of Photoshop - 5.5 or 6). Area that must be improved are:

- Lack of ResourcesMore useful brushset, More useful gradients, More useful pattern, More useful plugin (tight selection of plugins, only include commonly used and high quality plugins because loading brushset, gradients and plugins takes time).

GIMP must be useful out of the box without further customization by user.

Many of these features have been added to the GIMP 2.3 development series and many plugins have been developed to extend GIMP capabilities but these plugins are spread all over the internet and must be installed manually to get the best GIMP experience.

I have tried my best to compose those components (GIMP latest version, best plugins, and best resources) into a single package that will provide an out of the box experience for GIMP.

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since Gimphoto 1.4.3 modification process is done at source code level
so Gimphoto 1.4.3 also released its source code and Gimphoto 1.4.3 is
available for Windows and Linux.caution: I'm really sorry about my bad grammar all over this site, due to the fact that English is not my mother language. I tried my best but...I was really bad at english grammar lessons in school :P so if you have tips or tricks to improve my grammar send to ekkians at gmail dot com, i would really appreciate it :) Thank you!

greg,thank's :) but i feel still need too improve my english, so i can write tutorial in english better and easier to understand.

anonymous,do you use batch process?do you use separation?do you use save for web?do you create custom brush?do you use gimp for digital photo retouching and digital imaging?do you use gimp for doing art job professionally?

Anonymous,Thank you very much for the positive feedback,for more detailed info about gimphoto based on GIMP 2.6, check this link:http://www.gimphoto.com/2008/10/gimphoto-roadmap-after-gimp-260-release.html

I'm about to download gimphoto having tried to install The Gimp but it failed to complete the installation process !! and I couldn't get it to finish the job.About improving your English, Collins Cobuild is a brilliant more-than-a-dictionary especially designed for people learning English. It was published by HarperCollins in 2003. If it's no longer available you might find on Amazon.Hope that helps,Gardener0151

I am curious to know why this is free. Why do you make something without earning any cent? I mean, that is fine for the rest of us. I do not think the software contains any virus, but what is the purpose of giving it away.I appreciate you take your time to help others, best regards

actually i only made a modification over GIMP, the hardest part (programming it) is already done by GIMP team and they release it for free!so i just follow their steps :)

i already use photoshop for very long time but can't afford it then i tried GIMP but i didn't enjoy it, so i modified GIMP to suit my needs.

After testing it and feel it quite good then i think others will also enjoy it too then i decide to share it with others :)

until now i still can manage without earning at all because hosting cost is very cheap, i using many free solutions but lately there is many user requests to support platform like 64bit system or Mac OSX system that i don't have the hardware.

maybe i will setup donation or ads for raising fund for improving GimPhoto functions and platform support.

i really thankyu to this gim pad,and gimp photo.and your good will to share with others.i'm new in photo editing.i can't afford that "AARRGGHHH" photoshop price(T_T).i've been looking for more brushes(but what gimp 2.4 have embedded)in days.huft..my english a lot worse than yours zen..

Great project. You should also have a possibility to donate. Many people like me would have no problem donating 5-10€ to such a nice project. When there are hundreds of people possibly doing it, then development might speed up :)

Hi - Oligofren made a great point "Many people like me would have no problem donating 5-10€ to such a nice project". Think about it seriously. If only 500 people a year did it, that wouldpay for someone to write that user manual you are thinking about!